| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- George Ledyard Stebbins / Solbrig, Otto T. -- Publications by Gls -- 1. Fifty Years of Plant Evolution / Stebbins, G. Ledyard -- Part 1. Adaptation and Genetic Variation in Populations -- Introduction -- 2. Adaptation from the Perspective of Optimality / Horn, Henry S. -- 3. Enzyme Polymorphism: Genetic Variation in the Physiological Phenotype / Johnson, George B. -- 4. Genetic Variation and Longevity / Hamrick, J. L. -- 5. A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Recombination in Plants / Solbrig, Otto T. -- 6. Pollinator Foraging Behavior: Genetic Implications for Plants / Levin, Donald A. -- Part 2. Life-Cycle Parameters -- Introduction -- 7. Adaptive Strategies: Polymorphism, Plasticity, and Homeostasis / Jain, Subodh -- 8. Seed Germination Syndromes in Higher Plants / Angevine, Mark W. / Chabot, Brian F. -- 9. Patterns of Juvenile Mortality and Recruitment in Plants / Cook, Robert Edward -- 10. The Basic Biology of Plant Numbers / Hickman, James C. -- 11. The Origin of Phenotype in a Recently Evolved Species / Gottlieb, L. D. -- 12. Competition and Coexistence of Similar Species / Werner, Patricia A. -- Part 3. Energy Harvest and Nutrient Capture -- Introduction -- 13. Environmental and Evolutionary Constraints on the Photosynthetic Characteristics of Higher Plants / Mooney, H. A. / Gulmon, S. L. -- 14. Drought-Stress Effects on Leaf Carbon Balance / Chabot, Brian F. / Bunce, James A. -- 15. The Climatology of the G, Photosynthetic Pathway / Teeri, J. A. -- 16. On the Adaptive Significance of Leaf Form / Givnish, Thomas -- 17. Root Structure: The Considerable Cost of Belowground Function / Caldwell, Martyn M. -- 18. Canopy Structure and Environmental Interactions / Miller, P. C. / Stoner, W. A. -- Part 4. Summary and Conclusions -- 19. Future Directions in Plant Population Biology / Raven, Peter H. -- Literature Cited -- Participants in the Ithaca Conference -- Taxon Index -- Subject Index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: p. [483]-573 |
| Notes |
In English |
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Apr 2019) |
| Subject |
Plant populations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jain, Subodh, editor
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Johnson, George B., editor
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Raven, Peter H., editor
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Solbrig, Otto T., editor
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Walter de Gruyter & Co
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| LC no. |
78027630 |
| ISBN |
9780231898546 |
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0231898541 |
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